Mitchell Starc raring to go in series against India

Mitchell Starc is perhaps one of the most important players in the Australian side at the moment. Of course, this comes with a responsibility of giving a massive performance in subcontinent conditions when the Aussies tour India in the upcoming tour. However, the manner in which Starc’s performance will be gauged will be similar in the manner of his performance in the Sri Lanka tour earlier in 2016.

Speaking about the same, Starc went on to state that it would be exciting to tour them despite not having played much cricket in the subcontinent apart from the Indian Premier League.

“It’s been a while since I’ve been over there to play red-ball cricket, it’s been four years,” Starc said after day two of Australia’s intra-squad practice match at the ICC Global Cricket Academy. “It’s a different ball so there are different challenges there to try and get it reversing and to see if it swings when it’s brand new. Some little changes in terms of batting plans but a lot of similarities in the fact it’s going to turn a lot against us.  Yeah, a lot of similarities (from Sri Lanka) to India.”

“I guess it depends on the spinners, if they’re taking wickets or not,” Starc said with a laugh when asked if he expects to be used in quick bursts. It’s obviously up to Smithy. It’s probably a bit different to how we’re used back home. It will depend on how the ball is reacting, whether it’s swinging conventionally or reverse. I’m sure there’ll be times when we’ll be called upon to bowl a few extra overs in a spell but probably a lot of short spells as well.”

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